Accedian Networks Intros Switch-Free Aggregation

Accedian Networks today unveiled a new networking approach for ultra-low latency Ethernet applications. This approach, which was announced at Ethernet Expo in New York, adds switch-free multiport aggregation to the company’s MetroNID demarcation units.

Accedian said, “This feature completes a suite of advanced networking and service assurance capabilities that allow MetroNID units to replace costly switches and routers in demanding carrier-grade Ethernet applications, including business services, financial trading, content delivery and 4G wireless backhaul networks.”

Multiport aggregation performed by the MetroNID unit’s Fast-Thru architecture results in packet processing to support Ethernet service mapping, rate limiting, filtering and traffic shaping on aggregated traffic while simultaneously monitoring up to 100 service flows per unit. And that allows providers to easily establish Carrier Ethernet services over existing networks and back them with SLAs, according to Accedian.

The MetroNID unit aggregates up to four client ports into a single gigabit Ethernet interface, and traffic can be separated using detailed layer 2-4 classification criteria.

“As real-time and business-critical applications migrate to Ethernet, a double-edged ‘need for speed’ challenges providers to deliver high-bandwidth services with near-zero latency. In the financial sector, brokerages’ algorithmic trading platforms often equate a few millisecond of delay to millions in lost revenue,” said Patrick Ostiguy, president and CEO of Accedian. “The same pressures are emerging in high-capacity wireless backhaul and large-scale WAN applications. With the ability to process, condition, manage and monitor full line-rate traffic within microseconds, our packet assurance demarcation units provide the fastest path to deploying end-to-end optimized Ethernet services.”

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